* Hearing loss has been linked to several factors associated with menopause, a new study says.
One factor is your age at menopause. An older age is tied to a higher risk of hearing troubles. And, a second factor is the use of oral hormone therapy to ease some of the symptoms of menopause. The researchers also found that the longer a woman used hormone therapy, the greater the odds of hearing issues.
Hearing loss was already known to be more common in women after menopause, a time when natural hormone levels drop. Because of this, doctors had suspected that the use of oral hormone therapy might offer some protection against menopause-linked hearing loss, the researchers said. “The finding from this observational study that women who underwent menopause at a later age and used oral hormone therapy had greater hearing loss was unexpected but should lead to more testing in a randomized, clinical trial,” JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS), said in news release from the group.
The current study can only show an association between hearing loss and hormone therapy or older age at menopause. It wasn’t designed to prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
By: Chukwuma Muanya
The Guardian News
ABUJA: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
PORTHARCOURT: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
LAGOS: Training Schedule for Basic Life Support BLS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support ACLS, First Aid, CPR, AED
STOP paying for airtime and electricity, Let your phone pay its bills with ScreenT
You may also like
Lagos Doctors Demand End to Police Harassment, Decry Rising Intimidation of Medical Practitioners
Medical doctors in Lagos have called on the Nigeria Police Force and other …
Babafemi Bows Out as Gbagada General Hospital MD, Calls for Sustained Health Sector Reforms
Concerns over the continuity of reforms in Lagos’ public health system took…
NARD Calls Off Strike, Resident Doctors Set to Resume Wednesday
Resident doctors at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, are expe…
World Health Day Marred by Fresh Doctors’ Strike as Nigeria’s Health Funding Crisis Deepens
Nigeria marked World Health Day this year under the cloud of a nationwide s…
PSN Opposes Proposed Amendments to Pharmacy Legislation, Warns of Public Health Risks
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has cautioned the federal gover…
